The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-01-26
House Sessions.

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report was read. "A communication from
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue was
received reauestin,. n immediate addit onal
appropriation of $50, ,00o for salaries and ex-
penses of collectors of internal revenue for
the current fiscal year. The House spent
the remainder of the day on the private cal
endar, and then took recess until i3o-Cne
evening session being for the consideration
of pension bills. oo
2oTH DAY.-The bill appropriating $500
OOO for public btilding at Charleston weat
over after debate. The House went into
Committee of the Whole on the bill consoli-
dating certain bureaus of the Navy Depart
ment. Messrs. Buck (Conn.l and Thomas
Ill,l favored and Mr.. Lord DELI opposed
the measure. Mr.. Hiscock IN: W intro
duced a bill reducing the duties on raw
ties on domestic sugars, and abo!lshing the
tax on tobacco and spirits used in the arts
and manufactures. Mr.. Willis !kyJ re.
nortel the River and Harbor Bill, and 1t
was ordered printed and recommitted.
2lsT DAY.-Bills introduced: By Mr.. Tars-
new Mich, for the erection
or upward, the cost Of the building
the United States Of 10000 inhabltants
of a public building in each city OF
to vary according to the population, from
s25,OOl for 1000 inhabitants ?.aIa 70 % 1 NJ
breckenridge certain forms OF
speculation unlawful. BY Mr.. May
bury (Mich.)-Anending the Civil ser
vice at so that no person shall be disquaIl.
f;ed from appointment by reason of age by
Mr. Merriman IN. Y.)-For the purchase or
John Ericsson's Destroyer and ten en-
larged steel vessels of the same type Ior oe-
Tending the harbors of the United states.
22D DAY.-Mr. Oates, from CommitIee on
Revision of the Laws, reported to tne house @
a bill to prohibit the appoint nent OF Coh, 7,
e. the nnblic expense outside the Dis
trict of Columbia, and also to prohlblt
the draping of public buildings in mourn
;no except upon the authority of the
President. Hcuze calendar. ..On mo-
tom of Mr.. Hatch, Of Missouri, the
Honse went into Committee Of the Whole
on the bill creating a Department OF Agl-
culture and Labor. On motion OF Mr.: Fo-
ran. of Ohio, the. salary OF the ComuissloanSnr a,n
of Labor was increased from wv TO S2'OW: ~:
The committee then rose ana tne pin ""'
rassed-yeas 2E2. nays H.
23D DAY-The Tucker substitute for the
Edmunds Anti-Polygamy bill was discussed
and Eassed without division. The bill
makes the lawful husband or wife Of any
person prosecuted for !biganly, polygamy, or
uuldWlul COudOlGltlOu Coulpetene "iohc'S
against the accused; provides for the regis
tration of all marriages, makicS it misde-
meenor for any person to violate the provi-
sons relative to such registration; annuls all
Territorial laws providing for, the
Identification of the votes Of electors
at any ele tion, and also all laws comforting
on the Territorial courts the power to de-
termina divorce cases, and abolishes woman
suffrage in the territory. Penalties are pre-
scribed for unlawful intercourse, and polyg-
amy is defined as a marriage between one
person of one sex and more than one per-
son of another sex, and is declared to be
a felony. The financial corporations
known as the Church of Latter Day Saints
and the Perpetual Emigration Fund Com
pany are dissolved. and the Attorney Cen
eral is directed to wind them up by process
of court: and oil laws for the organization of
the militia Of the Territory and the creation
Of the Nauvoo Legion are annulled Polyg-
amists are made ineligible to vote,
desiring to vote that they will obey the laws
of the United States, and especially the laws
in respect to the crimes defined in this and
the original Edmunds act The bill provides
for the immediate appointment by the Presl-
dent Of all Judges aud Selectmen Of the
County and Probate Courts, and by the Gov
ernor of all Justices Of the Peace, Sheritfs,
Constables and other county and district
officers
24TH DAY.-A bill was passed giving the
consent of Congress to the agreement between
the New York and New Jersey Commission
ers respecting tie boundary line between
those States. The bill amending the law
regulating the removal Of causes from State
to Federal courts was passed. :. The bill pro-
viding for the bringing Of suits against the
United States was passed.